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Walker Methodist Home

RIPLEY, Edward Grant (I4085)

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Walker Methodist in Minneapolis

VINCENT, Sue Elizabeth (I13265)

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Wallace "Wally" A. Rockensock, 64, of Blackduck, MN, died on Monday, June 8, 2015 surrounded by family and friends at his home in Hornet Township .

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, June 15, 2015 at the Blackduck Evangelical Free Church with Pastor Dwight Warden officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Inurnment will be at Lakeview Cemetery, Blackduck, MN.

Wally was born on May 26, 1951 in Duluth Minnesota the son of Herbert L. Rockensock and Darlene M. (Kilde) Rockensock. He and his family moved to Blackduck, Minnesota in 1957 where he graduated from high school in 1969. He married Cindy Cornell on June 23, 1973. Together they had two children. Wally’s working life included moving to Chicago after high school where he worked with his brother Jerry delivering sheetrock. After returning to Blackduck he raised beef and dairy cattle as well as buffalo. During this time he also had a small alcohol production distillation plant. He attended hardwood lumber grading school in Memphis, Tennessee in 1984. He then preceded to product multiple wood products, which included sawing, grading, milling, drying and pelletizing. Hobbies included classic cars collection, raising wild game and visiting with family and neighbors.

Wally is survived by his wife Cindy Rockensock, son Festus (Niki) Rockensock, daughter Ginger (Mathew) Kaiser, eight grandchildren, his mother, Darlene Rockensock. siblings Gerald (Arlys) Rockensock, James Rockensock, Verna Mae (Ron) Sutton, Daniel (Jewel) Rockensock, and Phillip (Pam) Rockensock and numerous nieces and nephews.

Wally was preceded in death by his father Herb Rockensock, his nephew Brett Rockensock and sister-in-law Melba Rockensock.

ROCKENSOCK, Wallace Alverne (I10186)

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Walle

SYLVESTER, Hans Urdal (I40203)

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Walter and Myrtle live in south Minneapolis in the 1930 census. They have no children.

In the 1940 census, Walter and Myrtle live in a rented apartment at 3117 28th Avenue in south Minneapolis. The house they live in, which is the same house that they lived in in 1935, is owned and occupied by John and Marie Berge. Walter is a bookkeeper for a flour mill.

ZIERKE, Walter A (I17411)

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Walter R. Jorgenson, Lt. Col. USA Ret.

Passed away Saturday, April 30th, 2005 at the Nazareth House in San Rafael. He was 90.

Walter was born March 24, 1915, in Decorah, Iowa, the son of Jorgen Gerhard and Sophie Krogh Jorgenson. Together with his parents he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he lived until joining the Army in 1942. He served more than 20 years in the Army prior to starting his Civil Service career. He retired in 1980.

He married Malinda Raso in 1942 who preceded him in death in 1984.

In 1996, he married Jeannette Stagg.

Survivors include his wife Jeannette, his son, Walt Jorgenson of Manchester, CA, his daughter, Patricia Boutwell of Ponca City, OK, three grandchildren, Domenic Jorgenson of Santa Rosa, CA, Nicole Jorgenson of Petaluma, CA and Jessica Boutwell of Ponca City, OK, and one great- granddaughter, Haley Malinda Jorgenson of Santa Rosa.
Casket bearers will be Domenic and Walter Jorgenson Jr.

JORGENSON, Walter Raymond (I36935)

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Walter was born Walter E. Hand in Gold Hill, Nevada. His father was H. W. Hand, a mining engineer, born in Massachusetts ca. 1849, and his mother was Eliza Ann Marshall, born of Mc Lean and Abigail Marshall in Vermont ca. 1849. H. W. and Eliza were married and in Nevada in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. H. W. was probably the Horrace W. Hand who is shown in the 1850 census as the 2 year old son of George W. and Chastina Hand of Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. A Horace W. Hand, no age shown, of Gold Hill, married Isabel Forsythe, 25, of Reno, in Storey County, Nevada, on March 4, 1885. In the 1900 census, Horace Hand is still living in Gold Hill with Isabel, their daughter, and Horace’s niece and her two children. Horace, 81, was still in Nevada at the time of the 1930 census, living with his daughter Myrtle and her family in Carson City.

In the 1900 census, Walter E. Stephenson (indexed as Steffenson), 27 (Feb 1873), is single and a purchasing agent living in Minneapolis. He was born in Nevada, his father was born in Maine, his mother was born in Vermont.

In the 1910 census, Walter and Lucile have been married for 3 years and have no children. At that time they were living at 2734 Colfax Ave. So. Walter is 37 and Lucile is 27. Walter’s parents were both born in Maine. Walter works for an electrical engineering company.

At the time of Patricia’s birth, the family was living at 2420 West 24th Street in Minneapolis and Walter’s occupation is shown as “wholesale electric supplies.”

Walter Ernest Stephenson registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Minneapolis. At that time, he and Lucile were living at 2420 West 24th Street in Minneapolis. Walter was Secretary and Treasurer of Northern Electric, 21 S. 6th Street, Minneapolis. Walter claims to have been born February 6, 1873, in {something} Gold Hill, Nevada. He was 6 feet tall, 162 lbs., with brown eyes and black hair.

In the 1920 census (as “Walter Stevenson”), the family is living at 2420 West 24th Street in Minneapolis in a home that they own, free of mortgage. Walter is 46, Lucile is 36, and their daughter Patricia is 8. They have a 19 year-old maid named Elaine Benson. Walter is shown to have been born in Nebraska, his father in Maine and his mother in Vermont. Lucile was born in Minnesota, her father in Maine and her mother in Wisconsin. Walter’s occupation is secretary, electric supply company.

In the 1930 census, the family was living in a house they owned, worth $10K, at 2420 West 24th St. near Sheridan Avenue South in Minneapolis. Both of Walter’s parents were born in Vermont. Walter is 55, Lucille is 45 and was born in Minnesota (her father was born in Maine and her mother in Wisconsin), and Patricia is 18 and was born in Minnesota. The family has a 20 year-old servant named Carrie Hauran.

In the 1940 census, the family lived at 2420 West 24th Street. They had a 21 year-old live-in servant named Evelyn Rossing. The house that they lived in was worth $6000. Walter’s occupation was secretary and treasurer of a wholesale electric manufacturing company.

His father was shown as Fred L. Stephenson on his death certificate. Walter died of pneumonia brought on by or complicated by leukemia. He had been in the hospital 4 days when he died. His death certificate describes him as a secretary-treasurer of a wholesale electric equipment company. The informant for the death certificate information was his daughter, Patricia S. Bergh. Walter and Patricia had the same address, 2420 West 24th Street.

His obit said that he was secretary and treasurer of Sterling Electric Co. He was a member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club, Kiwanis club, Interlachen Golf club, Khurum lodge 112, AF & AM, Scottish Rite, Zuhrah temple, and North Central Electrical association.

STEPHENSON, Walter Ernest (I7128)

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Walter William "Sarge" Steffen, 75, of Clarkfield, formerly of Granite Falls, died Sunday, November 24, 1996, at the Clarkfield Care Center in Clarkfield.

Walter William Steffen was born July 21, 1921, in Tracy, to Albert and Ella (Ariones) Steffen. On September 25, 1945, he and Joyce Faltten were married at the Old South Church in Granite Falls. The couple lived in Tracy for a short time. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany, Alabama, North Carolina, and Kansas. In 1959, the family returned to Granite Falls where he worked for Parker-Hannifin until he was disabled. He was a member of the Granite Falls V.F.W. and the Granite Falls Lutheran Church. He enjoyed slow pitch softball.

Survivors include his sons, Richard of Apple Valley and Jack of Granite Falls; daughter, Jill Meyer of Granite Falls; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and infant sister and his wife.

STEFFEN, Walter William (I36686)

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Walter’s World War II enlistment record:

Walter V Pederson
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Minnesota
State: Minnesota
County or City: Otter Tail
Enlistment Date: 10 Feb 1941
Enlistment State: Minnesota
Enlistment City: Morris
Branch: Coast Artillery Corps
Branch Code: Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 66
Weight: 130

PEDERSON, Walter Vernon (I9458)

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DALE, Anders Nilsen (I38269)